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Attack of the Clones: Copyright Protection for Video Game Developers Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review Volume 33 Number 2 Article 2 2014 Attack Of The Clones: Copyright Protection For Video Game Developers Brian Casillas J.D., Loyola Law School, 2014 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Brian Casillas, Attack Of The Clones: Copyright Protection For Video Game Developers, 33 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 137 (2013). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr/vol33/iss2/2 This Notes and Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 07. CASILLAS.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 12/21/13 10:03 ATTACK OF THE CLONES: COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS Brian Casillas* This comment focuses on the case Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc. and uses it to explore how video game developers’ original innovations are protected under copyright law so as to fully restrict those wishing to “clone” these innovations for their own financial gain. The comment begins by outlining relevant copyright concepts and statutes, using case examples, and detailing the analytical framework courts use to evaluate claims asserted under copyright law. It then discusses the accommodations by both the video game industry as well as online marketplaces in order to protect original content from being cloned. After evaluating these existing accommodations, the comment outlines the financial and intellectual effect full compliance under copyright law would have on the video game industry. Lastly, the comment suggests possible action for courts and those within the video game industry to take in order to protect original ideas by developers, ultimately concluding that games on all platforms be awarded copyright certification before their release. I. INTRODUCTION Throughout the twentieth century, the gold standard for gauging the entertainment industry was how well a movie or music album fared upon 1 its release. However, with the technological boom sweeping households * J.D. Candidate, Loyola Law School, 2014; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010. The author would like to thank his family (his grandparents, his mother Yolanda, father Fortino, and brother Nicholas) and girlfriend (Liliana Gomez) for their loving support and guidance throughout his endeavors. A special thank you to Professor Anne Wells for her academic assistance and responsiveness throughout the drafting and editing process. He would also like to thank Aaron Casillas for his support and guidance in helping the author navigate the complexities of the video game industry. Finally, his greatest gratitude to Chief Note and Comment Editor Sean Montgomery, Chief Production Editor Arpine Hovasapyan, and Chief Research Editor Paloma Carrero as well as the rest of the talented and hardworking staff of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review for their dedication and meticulous work in the production of this comment. 137 07. CASILLAS.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 12/21/13 10:03 138 LOYOLA OF LOS ANGELES ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW [Vol. 33:137 in countries such as the United States and Japan, the video game industry has quickly clawed its way to the peak of the entertainment mountaintop.2 In fact, in just one day, sales for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 soared past the all-time opening weekend box-office record set by Disney’s The Avengers by more than $300 million.3 As video games continue to transform the entertainment industry, the need to provide intellectual property protection, primarily through the extension of copyright law, has become more apparent.4 Specifically, game developers across the industry have identified a common source of irritation: “the proliferation of knock- off games, or ‘clones’. .”5 Clones are games emulated by copycats (“clone developers”) who intend to capitalize on the success of an existing 1. See Tom Chatfield, Videogames Now Outperform Hollywood Movies, THE GUARDIAN (Sept. 26, 2009), http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/sep/27/videogames- hollywood. 2. See id. (“Industry insiders agree that the last few years have been something of a golden age for the videogame, with titles setting new records almost every other month for both sales and critical acclaim. Perhaps the biggest global headlines of all were made in 2008 by [Grand Theft Auto IV], which on 29 April took the title of the most successful entertainment release in history. Within 24 hours, GTA IV had grossed $310m (£157m) – comfortably more than history's most successful book (Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, at $220m in 24 hours) and its most successful film (Spider-Man 3 at $117m).”); see also John Gaudiosi, New Reports Forecast Global Video Game Industry Will Reach $82 Billion by 2017, FORBES (July 18, 2012, 11:35 AM), http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/07/18/new-reports-forecasts-global- video-game-industry-will-reach-82-billion-by-2017/ (noting that many industry insiders now look to video game sales, which have grown exponentially over the past decade, to gauge the entertainment industry’s condition as opposed to merely analyzing box office sales). 3. Richard Corliss, Beyond Marvel-ous: The Avengers Smashes Records with $200.3 Million, TIME ENT. (May 6, 2012), http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/06/beyond-marvel- ous-the-avengers-smashes-records-with-200-3-million/; Yannick LeJacq, ‘Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 2’ Sales Top $500 Million in First-Day Sales, INT’L BUS. TIMES (Nov. 16, 2012, 12:08 PM), http://www.ibtimes.com/call-duty-blacks-ops-2-sales-top-500-million-first-day-sales-885544. Similarly, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V generated approximately $800 million in sales in just 24 hours. Andrew Goldfarb, GTA 5 Makes $800 Million in One Day, IGN, (Sep 18, 2013), http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/18/gta-5-makes-800-million-in-one-day. 4. See Steve Chang & Ross Dannenberg, Hey, That’s MY Game! Intellectual Property Protection for Video Games, GAMASUTRA (Feb. 25, 2008), http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3546/hey_thats_my_game_intellectual_.php (“Without copyright protection, there is little incentive for authors and artists to create new creative works, because they naturally would be hesitant to create works that others could copy willy nilly without compensation to the artist. .”). 5. Jack Schecter, Grand Theft Video: Judge Gives Gamemakers Hope for Combating Clones, SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP (June 2012), http://sunsteinlaw.com/grand- theft-video-judge-gives-gamemakers-hope-for-combating-clones/. 07. CASILLAS.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 12/21/13 10:03 2013] COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS 139 game, and in turn, use it for their own profit.6 While developers of “clones may not be guilty of literal copying of a preexisting game, they typically copy” various elements of an original title, including the artistic direction and game mechanics.7 Although video game developers and publishers have sought to protect their intellectual property through copyright law and trademark registration, these measures have historically provided inadequate protection against cloning.8 Fortunately, a recent New Jersey district court decision has armed game developers with a new weapon to prevent the cloning of their work.9 In Tetris Holding v. Xio Interactive, Inc., the District Court of New Jersey rejected the clone developer’s standard 6. See generally Justin Meyers, Angry Clones Are Taking Over the App Store, BUS. INSIDER (May 3, 2011), http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-05-03/tech/29954973_1_rovio- mobile-devices-windows-phone (describing the success of Angry Birds and its clones, which consumers can purchase for $0.99). 7. See Schecter, supra note 5; see, e.g., Meyers, supra note 6. 8. E.g., Atari, Inc. v. Amusement World, Inc., 547 F. Supp. 222, 230 (D. Md. 1981) (“It seems clear that defendants based their game on plaintiff’s copyrighted game; to put it bluntly, defendants took plaintiff’s idea. However, the copyright laws do not prohibit this. Copyright protection is available only for expression of ideas, not for ideas themselves. Defendants used plaintiff’s idea and those portions of plaintiff’s expression that were inextricably linked to that idea. The remainder of defendants’ expression is different from plaintiff’s expression.”); Capcom U.S.A., Inc. v. Data E. Corp., No. C 93-3259 WHO, 1994 WL 1751482, at *15 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 16, 1994) (“Street Fighter II and Fighter's History bear more similarities than Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat because they contain a greater percentage of reality based moves that are faithful to one or more of the martial arts disciplines and characters drawn largely from a pool of stereotyped human fighters. As a result, Capcom has left room for its competitors to emulate large portions of its game because many of its elements are not protectable. Capcom cannot now withdraw from the public domain ideas and standardized expression. It also cannot be heard to argue that two projectiles are similar even though they differ in size, shape, and color. To do so would be commensurate to awarding Capcom a monopoly over a range of characters and moves that it did not create. It would also allow Capcom to lay proprietary claim to all reality based fight games featuring human characters. Copyright law affords no such protection.”); see also Incredible Techs., Inc. v. Virtual Techs., Inc., 400 F.3d 1007, 1015 (7th Cir. 2005) (“In contrast, we see no error of law in Judge Kennelly's finding that the Global VR video display is subject to the scènes à faire doctrine .
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